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hooked cross (German: Hakenkreuz), angled cross (Winkelkreuz), or crooked cross (Krummkreuz) cross cramponned, cramponnée, or cramponny in heraldry, as each arm resembles a crampon or angle-iron (‹See Tfd› German: Winkelmaßkreuz) fylfot, chiefly in heraldry and architecture
The fylfot or fylfot cross (/ ˈfɪlfɒt / FILL-fot) and its mirror image, the gammadion, are types of swastika associated with medieval Anglo-Saxon culture. It is a cross with perpendicular extensions, usually at 90° or close angles, radiating in the same direction. However – at least in modern heraldry texts, such as Friar and Woodcock ...
Postcard sent in June 1910. This card was among those made by the Stanford Card Co. in Brooklyn, New York [1]. The swastika (from Sanskrit svástika) is an ancient Eurasian religious symbol that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross with four legs each bent at 90 degrees in either right-facing (卐) form or left-facing (卍) form.
Nazism. The swastika was the first symbol of Nazism and remains strongly associated with it in the Western world. The 20th-century German Nazi Party made extensive use of graphic symbols, especially the swastika, notably in the form of the swastika flag, which became the co-national flag of Nazi Germany in 1933, and the sole national flag in 1935.
Glossary of German military terms. This is a list of words, terms, concepts, and slogans that have been or are used by the German military. Ranks and translations of nicknames for vehicles are included. Also included are some general terms from the German language found frequently in military jargon. Some terms are from the general German ...
Some Christians adopted a form of a cross from the Greek Gammadion, again long before Hitler. The Nazi's claim to be the inheritors of the first Reich (Holy Roman Empire) was just that, a claim. The only difference between Hakenkreuz and Swastika is that the first is a German word, the second a Sanskrit and English word. They are both names for ...
Hakenkreuzbanner ('Hooked Cross Banner') was a newspaper published from the German city of Mannheim between 1931 and 1945. It was a local organ of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP). After the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP in 1933, Hakenkreuzbanner grew in influence within the Mannheim media scene.
The " Horst-Wessel-Lied " ("Horst Wessel Song"; German: [hɔʁst ˈvɛsl̩ liːt] ⓘ), also known by its opening words " Die Fahne hoch " ("Raise the Flag", lit.'The Flag High'), was the anthem of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) from 1930 to 1945. From 1933 to 1945, the Nazis made it the co-national anthem of Germany, along with the first stanza of the ...